The Forsyte Saga 

Chronicles the lives of three generations of the upper-middle-class British family, the Forsytes, from the 1870s to 1920.

Stars:

Damian Lewis, Rupert Graves, Gina McKee

2 wins & 4 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Damian Lewis	...	Soames Forsyte 10 episodes, 2002-2003
Rupert Graves	...	Young Jolyon Forsyte / ... 10 episodes, 2002-2003
Gina McKee	...	Irene Forsyte / ... 10 episodes, 2002-2003
Amanda Root	...	Winifred / ... 10 episodes, 2002-2003
Ben Miles	...	Montague Dartie 10 episodes, 2002-2003
Gillian Kearney	...	June / ... 10 episodes, 2002-2003
Alistair Petrie	...	George / ... 10 episodes, 2002-2003
Ann Bell	...	Aunt Hester / ... 8 episodes, 2002-2003
Malcolm Raeburn	...	Parfitt 7 episodes, 2002-2003
Barbara Flynn	...	Emily 6 episodes, 2002
Beatriz Batarda	...	Annette Forsyte née Lamotte / ... 6 episodes, 2002-2003
Julian Ovenden	...	Val Dartie 6 episodes, 2002-2003
John Carlisle	...	James Forsyte 6 episodes, 2002
Amanda Ryan	...	Holly Dartie née Forsyte / ... 6 episodes, 2002-2003
Wendy Craig	...	Aunt Juley 6 episodes, 2002-2003
Maggie Fox	...	Bilson 6 episodes, 2002-2003
Corin Redgrave	...	Old Jolyon Forsyte / ... 5 episodes, 2002
Jowanna Rose	...	Smither 5 episodes, 2002-2003

Storyline

The extended Forsyte family live a more than pleasant upper middle class life in Victorian and later Edwardian England. The two central characters are Soames Forsyte and his cousin Jolyon Forsyte. Soames is a solicitor, all proper and straight-laced. His love for the beautiful Irene is his only weakness as is his beautiful daughter Fleur. Jolyon is the opposite, a free-thinking artist who abandons his wife to live with his children's nanny. Their lives and their children's lives will intersect over 30 years bringing happiness to some and tragedy to others.

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Plot Keywords:

1920s | edwardian england | victorian england | adultery | 1900s | 

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Genres:

Drama | Romance

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Details

Official Sites:

PBS - Forsyte family tree, links, bibliographies PBS/Masterpiece Theatre

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

6 October 2002 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Forsyte Saga

Filming Locations:

Croxteth Hall, Croxteth, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK

Company Credits

Production Co:

Granada Television, WGBH

Technical Specs

Runtime:

276 min 423 min (6 parts)

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Rupert Graves (as Young Jolyon) and Gillian Kearney (as June) play father and daughter, but there is actually just under nine years difference in their ages.

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Quotes

George Liversedge: [talking about Irene, who has disappeared] Ten to one he
[Soames]
George Liversedge: has finished her off and buried her in the garden.

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Connections

Version of That Forsyte Woman (1949)

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Soundtracks

Irene's Song
(End titles music)
Music by Geoffrey Burgon
Lyrics by Jacqueline Kroft
Performed by Bryn Terfel

User Reviews

A brilliant follow-up to the 1st series

This second installment lives up to the expectations created by the first series and by the novel itself - To Let. We meet again, with much pleasure, the magnificent cast of the first series (D. Lewis as Soames stands out) and discover the choices that have been made to cast the 4 new main characters : Fleur and Jon Forsyte, Prosper Profound, and Michael Mont. I found the 4 of them to be nearly-ideally suited to their part. May be the actor playing Jon lacked a little bit of brilliance, but he showed a lot of sensibility and looked a lot like his "mother", Irene. The story unfolds with relentlessness but there are also many moving, or funny moments. The films is really faithful to the tone of Galdsworthy and is, all in all, a magnificent achievement. it is as good as the first series, and may be even better. At the end of the 4th episode, we are really sorry to have to wait for the next episodes of the saga, and the lives of Fleur and Michael Mont. Highly recommended to fans of British top quality literary drama.